Folk Ridge

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Folk Ridge ( 73°9′S161°49′E / 73.150°S 161.817°E / -73.150; 161.817 Coordinates: 73°9′S161°49′E / 73.150°S 161.817°E / -73.150; 161.817 ) is a ridge just southeast of Moore Ridge and parallel to it in the Caudal Hills of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The ridge was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John E. Folk, a biolab technician at McMurdo Station, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, 1965–66. [1] The feature lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

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Moore Ridge is the northernmost ridge of the Caudal Hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Bruce F. Moore, a photographer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in 1966.

The Caudal Hills are a group of hills situated within Victoria Land, Antarctica the hills lie between the Sequence Hills and the Lichen Hills on the western margin of upper Rennick Glacier. A series of spurs "tail" out to the north, hence the name "Caudal". They were so named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63. The Caudal Hills lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

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